'The MSE Christmas Pub Quiz – ANSWERS!' blog discussion

Former_MSE_Penelope

This is the discussion to link on the back of Martin's blog. Please read the blog first, as this discussion follows it.

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clairus99

okee dokee

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JimmyTheWig

JimmyTheWig wrote: »

Round 1.
Q1. 7 (unclean?)
Q2. 10 Downing Street. He swapped houses with Gordon Brown as he needed the larger one due to family size. But they swapped the numbers over, too.
Q3. 354 (change of calendars)
Q4. Orange
Q5. 98 years?
Q6. Giant hands
Q7. 80?
Q8. 169
Q9. Temugin?
Q10. No (though never heard of it)

Round 2.
Q1. Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Attila the Hun, Charlemagne, Napoleon.
Q2. 96 (x=8, g=2, others=1 each; x on double letter(?); double word for centre square; plus 50 for all tiles)
Q3. £175 (property price = £350, mortgage value is 50%, I don't _think_ you pay extra to unmortgage it)
Q4. No (guess, based on hooves)
Q5. LE
Q6. March 1998?
Q7. 11

Picture round
1. Prunella Scales?
3. Shelia Hancock
7. Mary (Jesus' mum)
9. Clive Anderson?
10. The Elephant Man
Odd one out: 7 - Mary
Why? The others were all virgins, whereas Mary wasn't (eventually)

[Am hoping for about 8 points.]

I believe I got 18.
But I still think I'm right about them swapping over the Downing Street numbers, so I'm claiming 19!

chardir

Q1 should be either 2 or 14 (depending on whether sheep are clean or unclean), it can't be 7. Genesis 7:2 "Take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate, and one pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate"

ggugvrunt

I agree with chardir above about the sheep. The Elephant Man's real name was Joseph, not John - the film got it wrong!

pqrdef

chardir wrote: »

Q1 should be either 2 or 14 (depending on whether sheep are clean or unclean), it can't be 7. Genesis 7:2 "Take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate, and one pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate"

Not an accurate translation of the Hebrew. Aimed at modern readers who are familiar with the two-by-two image, but not familiar with sheep. The ancients knew sheep and would never have believed that Noah would take 7 rams to service 7 ewes.

JohalaReewi

Q3 what sort of an answer is that?
Q4 didn't specify it was was light or pigments that were being mixed.

itsakindofmajik

What happened to Iggy Pop? He is my odd one out, every time!